Dobie High School will host "Freedom: A History of U.S.," a traveling museum exhibit sponsored by the New York City-based Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History through Nov. 14.

The exhibit draws upon key documents and images to illustrate the changing understanding of freedom in our nation from the Founding Era through the Civil War. It presents some of the men and women who fought and in some cases died to expand freedom to all Americans.

The exhibit will be housed in the Dobie Library and be open to the public from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. Groups of five or more should contact the school in advance to schedule a date and time. The Dobie Library is also home to the J. Frank Dobie Archive Room, hosting a selection of artifacts representing the life of the Texas writer. Admission is free. Visitors should check in at the main office, in order to receive a visitors name badge.

Founded in 1994, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History promotes the study and love of American history. The Institute serves teachers, students, scholars, and the general public. It helps create history-centered schools and academic research centers, organizes seminars and programs for educators, produces print and electronic publications and traveling exhibitions, sponsors lectures by eminent historians, and administers a History Teacher of the Year Award in every state through its partnership with Preserve America.

The Institute also conducts awards including the Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and George Washington Book Prizes, and offers fellowships for scholars to work in the Gilder Lehrman Collection and other archives. The Institute maintains two websites, www.gilderlehrman.org and the quarterly online journal www.historynow.org.